S. Sudan envoy explains support for Palestinian UN status

December 3, 2012 (WASHINGTON) - The Republic of South Sudan has strongly defended its position on the status of Palestine in the United Nations, saying its vote in favor of the resolution was to support the right of self-determination of the Palestinians.

Francis Nazario (photo ST)

Last week, 138 UN member countries, approved the vote for Palestine’s observer status at the global body, while nine others, including the United States of America and Israel among others opposed the move, in which 41 nations abstained.

This followed a draft resolution introduced by Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman; the Sudanese permanent representative to the UN on 28 November. Osman, who also chairs the Arab group, tabled the document before the UN General Assembly, on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

It "reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to independence in their State of Palestine on the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967."

The General Assembly "decides to accord to Palestine non-member observer State status in the United Nations, without prejudice to the acquired rights, privileges and role of the Palestinian people,” the draft resolution said.

Meanwhile, the US, according to the media reports, immediately criticized the vote, describing it as "unfortunate and counterproductive resolution which it said places further obstacles in the path peace".

South Sudan, one of the countries that backed the Palestinian bid has, in recent days faced widespread public criticisms over its UN permanent representative decision to vote in favor of the resolution.

However, Ambassador Francis Nazario, deputy head of the South Sudanese mission in the UN, has defended his country’s decision, saying the right to self-determination of any nation can only be realized through a negotiated peace agreement.

“That is why we believed that that in the context of conflict between two identity groups contesting the right of self-determination and the establishment of an independent state that would qualify for membership in the United Nation, the most practical and viable outcome is a negotiated agreement,” partly reads Nazario’s statement to the General Assembly.

In voting for the resolution, he said, South Sudan supports the right of self-determination for Palestine, which is a right guaranteed under the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Convention on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights as well as several other declarations and resolutions of the UN General Assembly.

He further cited the case of the young nation, which attained its independence from Sudan in July last year, after a successful self-determination referendum, which resulted from the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).

“Even with an agreement that results in independence as our case between South Sudan and Sudan testify, problems can also arise after the exercise of self-determination resulting in independence”, he added.

By supporting the resolution, Nazario told the UN assembly, South Sudan encourages the parties involved in the conflict to negotiate an agreement that can guarantee self-determination as well as the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

South Sudan, he reiterated, further calls for continued negotiations between Israel and Palestine, aimed at establishing two viable states, living side by side, as provided for by 1993 Oslo accord.

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4 December 2012 07:34, by zulu

The two sides must agree. It is unfortunate now that the Paslestinians are having to restart another war because Israel is building more settlements in Gaza.

This has exactly indicated that Francis Deng is doing a different thing in the UN. How can he vote in favour of HAMAS terrorist state? Who agreed with him in this country? Does this country really have institutions? Was this agreed? This was why we cried when he was appointed couz he will led us down as he has done it now

In refference to silly viper aka mitoot When enough insane people scream in harmony that they really are intelligent, they can actually start to believe themselves. Or put even more simply: people with overlapping delusions get along wonderfully and they refused to take national kilt,
They need to get some education to understand how politics work,

This so called Dinka Dominated SPLA/M you Mangoor you are the most stupid person among the stupid people what do you know about Government policy let me tell you the position that our government has taken its short term planning and for long term why should South Sudan take the position of abstained as it has right to do so within U N law if there is no plunder politics within our nation.

You really show a great degree of your madness, why do you savage attack me do you know who am I? Please you know nothing about how south Sudan runn their affairs, you are just Internet politician and try to learn how it work,
I’m not in your league go and argue with those who are not in south Sudan, your father or mother will surrendered themselves in one day if they are given government,

Yes I know you very well you are just a Mangoor but take this for your information what I know about the South Sudan Government policy is much far than what you know my dear leave your nonsense comment please don,t touch that point and I can repeat to you what stand our Government has taken is totally plunder and its short term not a long term planning these Arabs are not permanent friends to us

My friend Diu Kuek, you have been insulting me repeatedly because of your failure to identify the so called Dinka dominated SPLM/A. I am now registered on Sudantribune discussion board as occasional contributor. You ought to stop confusing my name with your enemy Dinka dominated SPLM/A. mind you, Any insult you have been throwing at me and portrayed me as an evil person will go back to you.

Hahahahahaha Mr our differences is that whatever you are call here I am preaching a unity of our nation without sectional favour and whatever you being call you are preaching tribalism which is two parallel lines totally has different paths with principle any how bye bye have a nice day Mr Mangoor may God bless take care

Diu, that unity of yours will not work. you must deal with you opponent directly instead of mentioning different names without evidences to prove your argument. you will soon understand that Mangoor is a different person from Dinka Dominated SPLM/A.

I don,t know how much Arabs nations paid for our voted against Israel they must paid good amount to South Sudan either to individual or to the Government directly these lunatics groups like Mangoor are just talking blindly they don,t know the deal .

Mr. Dinka D. SPLA/M!
You’re out of touch man! You better not arguing with us, you don’t know how seriouly we feel about this crooked idea? I can’t believed our people still suffering like the people of Abyei, Nuba Mountain, Blue Nile, and Darfur. But our leaders are not capable to rescue them from the hands of Arab and they’re running their own busines. You need to shut up and give us chance to

Express ourselves on this stupid idea, the Cowboy Administration is now down forever. I can’t wait to see South sudanese people are protesting in street of Juba against this shameless decision.
Down Down Down Regime of Kiir/Riek! Down Down Down Regime of Kiir/Riek! Down Down Down Regime of Kiir/Riek! Down Down Down Regime of Kiir/Riek! Down Down Down Regime of Kiir/Riek!

You will never understand why we allowed our representative to vote in fevor of plestinan right, and it is so bad that everyone in this country perceived themselves to know politics,
I thought you Bor brother would understand how labour and well disgened political work but I’m very wrong to believd so,

DinkaDominated SPLA/M, sometime I share some comments with you but not this one, how you describe" we" here, who with you?, who gave government green light to this decision with out consent of people? this is a grave mistake can not be allow to happen again, the government can go back to UN and revers their decision. Its show that our diplomatic is led by rookie politicians

Having escaped from the village to Juba does not mean that you are in the decision making body you illiterate Dinka dog with your broken English. Even in your hometown of Bor,you are nothing in it. A street boy knows how to insult only and that is what you are

Congr, silly viper aka mitoot/Gatwech you have win the idiot award of the day, ignorant have a cure but stupidity is forever,
I hope someone from Bor will answer your cowardic and scared of bor Dinka because nure nightmare is bor Dinka ahah dumb sun of a poor man,
I don’t talk with a liar like you, I’m still remember your liars sometime back when you said you arrest Mac poul, aha son of bitch

You too (Dinka dominated SPLM/A, you need to be courageous enough and take responsibility for your venomous words in this discussion board. You ought to declare your true name so that your enemies do not accuse other people falsely. Did you ever tell these people who wrongly called you Mangoor that you a different person? please, stand behind your words if you are brave.

"mangoor"" ahaha ahahaha ahahaha I didn’t even know there was somebody called mangoor, Are you exist?
And if there was mangoor,? Ahaha than why did you just come and clame this fake names?
Ahahaha, ahahaha they said you are their enemy right? Ahahah
I asked them what does mangoor mean bu they don’t reapply
Where are you from?
Don’t worried they will not killed you,

Mr Dinka Dominated SPLA/M you are so funny guy really try to be smartest than us my friend please don,t beautify yourself to confuse us we are South Sudanese we know each another it doesn,t matter to be call Dinka Dominated SPLA/M or Mangoor or whatever whenever it come to the debate we should express the best for our nation not to work toward dividing them,

Mangoor, you should write your father names because I believes there are so many people called mangoor or otherwise you are not the one with that name,
Second to that, the Nuer listen through. Their eyes, they will never believe what you will. Tell them untill you give up, they are blind not in their eyes but in their hart, ahaha,
If I were you I would not come out and claiming mangoor name,

You guys this is not Dr Francis Deng mistake its wrong political strategy from our Government which does,t know which direction its heading South Sudan can not betray the position of Israel and U.S within the International community Israel has been supported our caused since Anyanya 1 and U.S without it CPA could not prevailed our Government should think twice when it come to an historical event.

Our people wanted our country isolated like israel. Those screaming blames on our diplomats donot know what they are talking about. Wasn’t it the same israel who branded our refugees cancer amongst them? Allies are not written on stones; they are made & unmade if they don’t hold your nation’s interest. Take our ally, the US just watches our air space violated by the N Sudan & the US of A...

..won’t give a damn about S Sudan. When our country got her independent; nearly every country on earth was our uncle but as soon as our country switch off her oil taps, than when all our uncles fell off one by one on our back. Grow up people!

Viper,I thought you’re the only wise person among these poor minded people but it turns out to be I was wrong!
First:This is not Francis Deng decision but it was S Sudan decision and politics,Francis Deng is just a "representative" and can’t take such crucial decision by his own!
Second:S Sudan did nothing other than abiding with UN 181-1947 resolution which

recognizes the state of Palestine as well as the state of Israel.
Third:If "we assumed" that S Sudan fought for long to get their Self-Determination and freedom then they shouldn’t stand against any nation that seeks for Self-Determination otherwise it would be nothing but hypocrisy.
Fourth:S Sudan interest with Arab countries are much bigger than it with Israel

and the south can’t spoil the relation with Arab countries especially those in Africa and the rich oil countries in the gulf and put its future in jeopardy!
Last but not least, none of the 8 countries which voted against UN 138 resolution that recognizes the state of Palestine was African country, not a single one! if S Sudan voted against it then it would be the only African

Jalaby!
You try to thinks bigger like the real person! May I ask you this sir! Why are denying the referendum of Abyei? Secondly, you’re killing Darfurian, Nubian, and the people of Blue Nile. Because they’re asking for their freedom, are you really a human? If you know the right of everyone then you should be joining with Terrorists against somebody who want to be free.You be shame for yourself

To all the useless on this discussion board, the vote by South Sudan to support Palestine is our manifestation that South Sudan is not a colony or protectorate territory of USA, France, Norway or the Britain. Palestinians deserve the right to self determination.Once the problem between palestine and israel is solved, there will be more wars in this earth

Why is it so easy for you liberated Palestinians instead of Abyei Peopl? You’re curse to death for your favoring of Hamas Terrorist group, you thinks you’r smart then anybody in the South. If your education is the one make you wise enough you supposedly started at home as people said "Charity start where you belong"! You liberated the
Al-Qaeda while your people remain in darkness. You pool ass!

You and those who proposed this dumb decision must be considered as dead bodies! There is no reason why you rush without consulating your government? Some of us were thinking that you are realy person while your a slaved-heart Muslim inside. You’re deadly wrong and you’re curse forever, put in mind that you will never step your damn feed in South Sudan soils. We are watching very closely on you!

We will never trusted any Black-Arabs who have been Khartoum during the War, we thought you’re brothers and sisters but now we find out that you’re Slave in hearts. I always read your histories and some books but I din’t noted that you have a hinding agenda. Now you will see through own eyes and those are behind this stupid ideas will be suffering in our hands.And God will punish you for misleadin

The fear of God’s love for human kind should be in our hearts,although we are very aware of Amas’s bad behiours.Isreal are God’s fear children but they are at defend for they citizens.
We should encourage our new govt for having good relationship with his enemies and friends during the time of struggle.
OKUCU PA LOTINOKWAN

The level of ignorance is amazing, Palestine has a right to exist and therefore any sane person would salute S. Sudan’s decision in support of their plight.
All that nonsense about Israel is ludicrous, what has Israel ever done for Africa except expel Africans like animals whilst they bring in Jews from all over the world to reside there. Wake up fools.

But Mr.Envoy the world of today including the UN world is based on interests prof me wrong.
carefull weight our cons against pros when deciding for us their all the times God blesses you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But Mr.Envoy the world of today including the UN world is based on interests prof me wrong.
carefully weight our cons against pros when deciding for us their all the times God blesses you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what is the interest of South Sudan by supporting the Palestinian self determination hw come become an strong agence supporters to Muslim Nation which mean SPLM dream still alive otherwise I guess splm misleading the southerness that why they felt into unlasting corruption because don’t thinks about the country’s future they lost the country trust we all realized at last,

Few months ago a Palestinian pigure was quoted as saying after S. Sudan Independence this year that" describing South Sudan country as a country come from nowhere or from unknown history", now South Sudan mission in Washington ignore all these unprecedent behaviors from Palestinian authorities and come with what I can term it "naive idea" of giving support of freedom to somebody not intersting

in your own freedom, what procedures were followed to arrived to this decision? was the Parliament, the council of ministers or the all political forces in the country were involved in decision? or was the decision of the mission alone? these and many other questions related to this decision should be highlighted in order for someone with authority come up to light public about this decision.

You poor minded and hatred people,You’ve to know the fact that "ALL ARAB COUNTRIES" with no exceptional were fully supporting South Africans during their struggling against the suppression,racism,and white man apartheid regime in south Africa,Israel was the only country in the middle east was supporting the apartheid regime and had very

close relationship with them and supporting them by every means and was standing completely against South Africans people Self-Determination and was never recognizing their rights!
Ethiopians Jews "Flasha" are treated as 2nd class citizen in Israel and no one is going to forget what they did when Flasha denoted their bloods to them but Israeli authorities discarded

Flasha bloods because it was nothing other than African dirty blood that full of ill-genes and they don’t want to mix their pure Jewish blood with this dirty African blood!
Many Jews in Israel do not recognize Ethiopian Jews "Flasha" as Jews who descended from Yaakov (Jacob) because of their black colors and their Torah is not recognized by Israeli rabbis as well!

Actually South Sudan has made a grave mistake by supporting the Palestinians resolution. Do Hamas recognize South Sudanese? No, they don’t and here South Sudan betraying the USA and Israel, their strategic allies. South Sudan did negotiated with Khartoum and Juba never took the matter to UN but they negotiated peacefully and we should be encouraging Palestinians to negotiate instead of using UN.

The behaviour of South Sudan portrays naive and lack of clear foreign policy. Khartoum actually sponsored the resolution because we know the position of Sudan with terrorists Hamas and Hizbolah. USA is South Sudan savior at the UNSC since they weld veto powers and they have done this several times of supporting South Sudan and here Juba is slapping Washington face. Very absurd.

Thorbanat, you are, this is a result of closed door decisions which lack strategic plan, instead of just abstinent vote so that you can not hurt allies feeling, the diplomatic see things in black and white only and that’s why the mistake was the throwing support for enemies of the past and tomorrow, leaving behind friends of yesterday, today,and tomorrow, what a world!

Please Read this article. It is Kiir’s speech in Rumbek 2004….
Your Majesty Queen Mary, here is the report which tell you a glimpse about the fears Salva Kiir, had for his life in Yei. That is why he had to lock himself down In Yei river, distrct .He went into hiding away from Mr. Death, that never forgive and never forget . Oh! what a fearful Mr. Death is that have forced a onetime coward to

This is the best Example and many to come of putting Dump and illiterate people to represent the Nation. WE SOUTH SUDANESE DON’T SUPPORT TERRORIST STATE. BUT SALVA KIIRS NOMINATED DINKA BROTHER just voted yes because majority of the UN countries did so!!. sad sad sad!!!. CAN’T WAIT FOR ELECTION 2015!!!

You poor and fully closed minded people,Now I know why All south ministers and authorities are thieves and within no time stole $4bn! because they know they rule idiot and close minded people and no one will capture or question them!
The president of that country is another idiot person because he sent letters to

ministers and authorities thieves to return the money they stole and guaranteed them that their identities will be undisclosed and no one will punish them and they will resume their jobs as nothing has happened!!
Just tell me,where in the world that a president sends a letter to thief to return the stolen money without any punishment! That happens only in South Sudan!

that’s why Mr. Daffa-Alla Elhag, the Sudanese permanent representative to the UN had introduced the draft resolution on behalf of all Arab countries, you see our Arab brothers never ever suspect our Arab belonging that’s why they authorized us to speak on behalf of them in such crucial draft!

As you can see also in Mr. Daffa-Alla Elhag picture that we look like our Arab brothers, this picture another strong evidence from "face-look" that we’re Arab, no one should come and ask me about our somehow the light "dark" color because I fed up with that question and I answered it 1000 of time,once again,that’s because of our great great grandmother who was Nuba!

My own instinct tells me that South Sudan representative has not voted in favor of self-determination for Palestinians state. This article did not come from a particular reporter who attended the meeting of the UN Assembly. This report was created by gang of arabs who like to create bad diplomatic relationship between South Sudan and Israel.
Even picture of a gentleman is not a familiar S.Sudanese

You are not Arabs, you are Jah-Ali mean Ali who came" the first man who come to Sudan with his salt for sale" so don’t celebrate that statement so much, we knew everything about you lust depravities who destroyed Sudan

Jalaby
bro, whenever you start to speak about clear facts, these southern monkeys start to call you either a terrorist, or arab wannabe or anything like that innorder to change the subject.
they know pretty well that its nonsense made up by their useless brains.

The so-called Arabs in Sudan they don’t know that they are not Arabs, they are mixture of black Sudanese and Arabs blood, because when first settlers enter the land of Sudan in 15 century ago they came only to sale their goods and were looking for black gold" slaves" no women came with them,so they married black women and they totally change to become mixture of two different identities.

I remember few years ago there was a story of man from Sudan visiting Egypt and happen to chat with an Egyptian man, the man introduce himself as an Arab from Sudan, the Egyptian surprise to him and say " You,yourself an Arab also" there is no Arabs in Sudan what is there is a fake Arabs, which will bring them trouble in future if they did not make peace with other indigenous people.

No Arab Country supported CPA nor even Independent of SS. Today Hammas Brotherhood mobilized countries including SS. for vengeance against Jews whom in USA said, "our black brothers in Sudan have been killed every day by Arabs Muslim" and they went on to mobilized USA Jews to support the movement especially in 2006 when the movement were at the beach of collapsing. It is really painful.

i hate this piece, even if there is stupid politics associated with it, i bet to differ, people are losing direction. i grew up with this war, and it is totally sad when Arabs talks of their plans openly, Southerners blindly supported their devilish course/plans. we will weed you out politicians, you should understand there is a battle of wits between you (politicians) and patriotic South Sudanese

Dear all readers.
i had double-check names of all 138 countries voted for Palestinian favor, but i didn’t seen south Sudan name there, but no reasonable justification to assured anyone that’ South Sudan didn’t vote for Palestinian favor neither reasonable justification to accept that south Sudan vote for Palestinian favor. if south Sudan vote for Palestinian favor i will apply Sharp Genes plan.

There is a lot of very intelligent South Sudanese Mr. Jalaby, but because of oppression by the North, most of us have not had the opportunities the northerners have enjoyed. We haven’t been able to attain the level of Education or international experience that you guys have. Both the Southerners and the Palestinians understand oppression, unfortunately, the north is just as hypocritical as Israel.

And to our South Sudanese, stop whinging, the people of Palestine have the same right 2 self determination just as we have. South Sudan’s vote was a moral obligation and a vote in accordance 2the region’s strategic direction. For those against the vote, go back 2 school & educate your self. Its not all about Arab Vs Africans. Isn’t it even shameful that some of us begin denying our sons 4rm Abyei!

I wake up in the morning and I still couldn’t understand why our representatives in UN voted against our interest here at home. I couldn’t be convinced that our Representatives are defending country decision without hearing words from the Government spoke person. I reflect back in early 90s when cause of our struggle was hit hard by power of enemy, you couldn’t hardly forget the stand of our

friends even in front lines and I could sense that friendship when a group of christian drove vehicle in a dangerous jungle just to bring message of hope and determination to the soldiers so they know they are not alone in this mission. that is why I couldn’t believe that this decision was representing the South Sudan as a country, otherwise the spoke person of government could come out to

explain why they choose this direction, public couldn’t believe that their Representatives, the parliament could endorse the decision unpopular to the nation. the worse of it is that we will look shame in eyes of our allies and friends no matter what. what will it mean the historical visit of president to Israel few months ago and declare in front of camera that South Sudan will built its

embassy in Jouresolem worse than any other country in world even America, why contradict themselves. you stand with your in all times. now in order to restore our image and reputation our Government should radically do these two things: first by declaring that this decision does represent the country its was the decision taken by the individual diplomats and hence does not represent the consent

of people of South Sudan. Secondly, firing all diplomatic missions in UN and bring new one competent enough to restore our reputation and image in front of our allies and friends, these measure could change what went to record already by at least to turn new page to our allies and friends. this is a world of alliances and friendship we couldn’t afford to loose them all at once

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